Our Methods of Treatment

SPRAVATO® is a prescription medicine, used along with an antidepressant, taken by mouth to treat: Adults with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) and Depressive symptoms in adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) with suicidal thoughts or actions. If you’ve taken two or more oral antidepressants and still experience symptoms of depression, you might have treatment-resistant depression (TRD). You may benefit from adding SPRAVATO® to your existing oral antidepressant if you’re an adult with major depressive disorder (MDD) who has had an inadequate response to two or more oral antidepressants, known as treatment-resistant depression (TRD).

Trauma doesn't just affect the mind, it also affects the body as well. Trauma - Informed Yoga provides a safe, secure, and predictable environment surrounded by a like-minded community. Our yoga teachers are trained to be conscious of trauma and understand how trauma affects both the mind and body. Trauma-informed yoga is less about how poses are executed and more about the feeling of embodiment (being within your body) within a pose. Establishing presence and finding a sense of grounding can help you connect to your mind and body in a way that feels secure. 

As you are guided through a supportive experience, you may observe sensations and emotions that arise without feeling triggered or overwhelmed.

Art therapy is a tool used by therapists to help patients interpret, express, and resolve their emotions and thoughts. Patients work with an art therapist to explore their emotions, understand conflicts or feelings that are causing them distress, and use art to help them find resolutions to those issues. Art therapy enriches the lives of individuals, families, and communities through active art-making, creative process, applied psychological theory, and human experience within a psychotherapeutic relationship. This form of therapy is used to improve cognitive and sensorimotor functions, foster self-esteem and self-awareness, cultivate emotional resilience, promote insight, enhance social skills, reduce and resolve conflicts and distress, and advance societal and ecological change.

Music provides a powerful way to find healing and encouragement. Music Therapy is one of four expressive art therapies that use arts-based methods to optimize health and wellness. Our musical artist captures the stories of real people through original piano music called Music Portraits. We listen intently to your story and create a Music Portrait inspired by you, because you matter! When we create original music inspired by you, we honor you for your uniqueness. Each time you hear your song for years to come, you are reminded of these truths and more:

I am seen.
I am loved.
I am accepted.
I am unique.
I am worthy.
I am significant.

ADHD presents differently depending on one's age and sex. Symptoms of ADHD can overlap with other disorders. This evidence-based testing provides data to better understand if symptoms fit the presentation we expect with ADHD or not. A typical test lasts no more than 20 minutes followed by several assessments by our providers. Testing is available for ages 6-60 and is offered in-office. The test results are instantly analyzed by our multidisciplinary clinical team and presented in a report that compares a patient’s results with a group of people of the same age and sex without ADHD.  If an ADHD diagnosis is confirmed, our practice will conduct repeat testing to measure your response to treatment.

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words - Rei which means "God's Wisdom or the Higher Power" and Ki which is "life force energy". So Reiki is actually "spiritually guided life force energy." A treatment feels like a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through and around you. Reiki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit creating many beneficial effects that include relaxation and feelings of peace, security and wellbeing. Many have reported miraculous results. Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use. It has been effective in helping virtually every known illness and malady and always creates a beneficial effect. It also works in conjunction with all other medical or therapeutic techniques to relieve side effects and promote recovery.

A ropes course is a challenging outdoor personal development and team building activity which usually consists of high elements, low elements, or some combination of the two. Low elements take place on the ground or above the ground. High elements are usually constructed in trees or made of utility poles and require a belay for safety.
The course not only strengthens and stretches muscles, but also builds teamwork and enhances risk-taking and communication skills.

Additional Benefits of Ropes Course : 

• Decreases feelings of tension, anger, and depression.
• Improves mobility
• Boots confidence
• Improves problem solving skills
• Great for cardiovascular disease

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain to improve symptoms of major depression. Depression is a treatable condition. But for some people, standard treatments aren't effective. Repetitive TMS may be used when standard treatments such as medicines, and talk therapy, known as psychotherapy, don't work. TMS is sometimes used to treat OCD, migraines and to help people stop smoking after other treatments have not been successful. During an rTMS session for depression, an electromagnetic coil is placed against the scalp of your head. This coil delivers magnetic pulses that stimulate nerve cells in the region of your brain involved in mood control and depression. It's thought to activate regions of the brain that have decreased activity during depression.

Neuro-feedback, also known as EEG biofeedback is a non-invasive, medication-free approach for treating brain-based conditions, including ADHD, PTSD, anxiety disorders, TBI, stroke, tinnitus, Parkinson's and even autism. Neuro-feedback allows us to speak to the brain with its own language: brain waves. Our brain uses brain waves to communicate and function properly. These brain waves may become dysregulated, which can lead to psychiatric or neurological symptoms. It addresses imbalances in brain wave activity to help patients achieve deeper healing and better functioning. Neuro-feedback is like exercise for the brain and can help even those who don’t have psychiatric or neurological disorders achieve optimal functioning such as athletes executives, and students who want to excel.

Reunification therapy aims to reconnect parents and children and restore their family roles after being estranged due to various reasons like divisive divorces, custody battles, abuse allegations, parental alienation, or child removal situations. It is typically court-ordered or voluntarily sought to mend relationships. This child-centered therapy progresses at the child's pace, emphasizing their development. Through reunification counseling, parents and children can enhance communication skills and practice healthy interactions. Individual therapy is often recommended alongside reunification therapy to help process the experiences within the sessions.

MET/CBT 5 is tailored for adolescents aged 12 to 18 dealing with marijuana-related issues, demonstrated by:

• Meeting criteria for cannabis abuse or dependence
• Facing challenges (emotional, physical, legal, social, or academic) linked to marijuana use 
• Using marijuana weekly for at least 3 months.

This treatment consists of five sessions, including two individual sessions of motivational enhancement therapy (MET) and three group sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). MET sessions emphasize motivating clients for change, while CBT sessions equip clients with skills to manage challenges and fulfill their needs without resorting to marijuana or alcohol.

The proven family-centered
treatment for youth. MDFT serves youth with a wide array of challenges between the ages of 10-26 and their families.  MDFT transforms lives through family-centered treatment for youth struggling with mental health and other challenges. MDFT addresses a range of youth behavior challenges including:

• Substance Misuse
• Mental Health
• Crime & Delinquency
• Antisocial & Aggressive Behaviors
• School & Family Problems
• Emotional Difficulties 

 It gives parents hope and tangible help and enables youth to create a positive lifestyle.  MDFT interventions are collaborative and treatment emphasizes compassion and respect from highly trained clinicians.

Critical incident stress debriefing (CISD) is a specific, structured crisis intervention to reduce traumatic stress, increase coping, and facilitate group solidarity among people who have experienced the same trauma together. The intervention involves emotional processing and psycho-education to police officers, firefighters, emergency medical professionals, disaster workers, and people in similar occupations or any workplace who witnessed a gruesome or catastrophic emergency. CISD can help them manage an intense stress reaction and return to their typical level of functioning when their usual coping mechanisms have been overwhelmed.

Motivational interviewing is a counseling method that helps people resolve ambivalent feelings and insecurities to find the internal motivation they need to change their behavior. It is a practical, empathetic, and short-term process that takes into consideration how difficult it is to make life changes. Motivational interviewing is often used to address addiction and the management of physical health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and asthma. This intervention helps people become motivated to change the behaviors that are preventing them from making healthier choices.